Search for dissertations about: "biology plants"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 323 swedish dissertations containing the words biology plants.
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1. How could Christmas trees remain evergreen? : photosynthetic acclimation of Scots pine and Norway spruce needles during winter
Abstract : Plants and other green organisms harvest sunlight by green chlorophyll pigments and covertit to chemical energy (sugars) and oxygen in a process called photosynthesis providing the foundation for life on Earth. Although it is unanimously believed that oceanic phytoplanktons are the main contributors to the global photosynthesis, the contribution of coniferous boreal forests distributed across vast regions of the northern hemisphere cannot be undermined. READ MORE
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2. Function and Evolution of Small Regulatory RNAs and their Associated Proteins : A Journey from Genome to Proteome
Abstract : Organisms throughout the tree of life have evolved distinct ways to regulate gene expression. Some of these processes involve non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which are not translated but functional nonetheless. These ncRNAs are of utmost importance, with dysregulation of some causing severe developmental effects or even being lethal. READ MORE
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3. Characterization of New Players in Planar Polarity Establishment in Arabidopsis
Abstract : Coordinated polarity and differentiation of cells in the plane of a tissue layer are essential to the development of multicellular organisms. Arabidopsis thaliana root hairs and trichomes provide model systems to study the pathways that control planar polarity and cell fate specification in plants. READ MORE
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4. Controlled auxin biosynthesis and transport are important for developmental decisions in the early diverging land plant Physcomitrella patens
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to increase our understanding of the importance of the plant hormone auxin in land plant evolution. The role of a number of auxin regulatory network components in developmental decisions during the haploid phase of the life cycle of the model moss Physcomitrella patens, which belongs to the early diverging bryophyte group of land plants, was investigated. READ MORE
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5. Developmental phase transitions in Norway spruce : a molecular approach to identify regulatory mechanisms
Abstract : Plant development proceeds through distinct phases that are controlled by complex networks of regulatory genetic circuits and fine-tuned by environmental and endogenous cues. Many of these regulatory networks have been unraveled in annual and perennial angiosperms, while they remain predominantly unknown in ecologically and economically important gymnosperm species such as the conifers. READ MORE